6/13/21
13/16 Bengall
13/16 Bengall
View attachment 1281164Hart Steel 7/8. Maple scales. Circa 2010-2011, back when they were making a very good razor.
If I remember correctly the QC started waning around 2013-2015. There were a few guys who were grinding blades for Hart. My only experience was with a razor ground by James Arman. It’s an excellent piece of work; it’s one of the very few razors in my quiver I will never part with. I’m not sure if Arman is still with Hart Steel. I heard he may have gone on his own.
CV Heljestrand MK6, half hollow , 6/8
CRSW, Mandarin Orange
( soap 8 yrs old)
Been shaving exclusively past few weeks Japanese straights
I forgot how phenomenal these razors are,,Heljestrand razors are amazing
Few notes , rescued from the bay for pennies , and she is worth 8x in gold
Feels good to be able to hone her up from scatch, and luckily created a phenomenal edge
8 shave with this edge, Pierre La lune
2 pass bbs, no irritation
Notice how thick the neck of razor is, heavy dense steel
Cheers all
If I remember correctly the QC started waning around 2013-2015. There were a few guys who were grinding blades for Hart. My only experience was with a razor ground by James Arman. It’s an excellent piece of work; it’s one of the very few razors in my quiver I will never part with. I’m not sure if Arman is still with Hart Steel. I heard he may have gone on his own.
Sorry for your loss. The time spent with your son is the best gift ever. I wish you both the best.Please stop reading this post if sentimentality makes you feel uneasy.
This week's razor
2016 wasn’t a good year to me. My wife and my father, the two supportive pillars in my life, both passed away after having been dying slowly and very painfully over several years. In 2017 I was worn and mourning. The joy of my life was, and still is, my then eight year old son. I really had no idea what the future would be like or even if we be able to keep our house. At this point I got a package from the USA. I had no idea what it was in it or who the sender was. When I opened it I found a letter and this NOS Coral razor, a razor that I had been admiring for years.
The razor was a gift from a man named Royce that had become member of B&B about the same time as I. We had become friends over the years. He wrote that he knew that I liked the looks of the razor model and wanted me to have one. I still like the razor, and the kindness this gentleman showed me warms my heart to this day.
Today I am fine. We still live in the same house and I can and will continue to work part time for another year until the cub’s fourteenth birthday, this to spend time with him. He shall never doubt that even if he lost his mother in the most horrific way his old man will always be there for him.
End of story. I wish you all a very good week.
The "rings" on the toe of the blade is the reflection of the ceiling mounted bathroom vent.
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